Experimental transmission of hepatitis C virus-associated fulminant hepatitis to a chimpanzee

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1007-1011

  Farci, Patrizia ^a   Munoz, Santiago J ^b   Shimoda, Atsushi ^b   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^b   Wong, Doris C ^b   Coiana, Alessandra ^b   Peddis, Giovanna ^b   Rubin, Raphael ^b   Purcell, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHIMPANZEE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032954431     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314653     Document Type: Article

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